Last Train Home 2009
归途列车
A family embarks on an annual tormenting journey along with 130 million other peasant workers to reunite with their distant family, and to revive their love and dignity as China soars as the world's next super power.
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Vocabulary
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| 嫂子 嫂子 | (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law | Colloquialism |
| 外公 外公 | (coll.) mother's father; maternal grandfather | Colloquialism |
| 外婆 外婆 | (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother | Colloquialism |
| 不难 不難 | Not difficult | |
| 出息 出息 | to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism) | |
| 怨言 怨言 | complaint | |
| 菩萨 菩薩 | Bodhisattva (Buddhism) | |
| 领略 領略 | to have a taste of; to realize; to appreciate | |
| 售票 售票 | to sell tickets | |
| 糟蹋 糟蹋 | to waste; to defile; to abuse; to insult; to defile; to trample on; to wreck; also pr. [zāo ta] | |
| 挽 挽 | to pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up; to coil; to carry on the arm; to lament the dead; (fig.) to pull against; to recover | |
| 栏杆 欄杆 | railing; banister | |
| 施加 施加 | to exert (effort or pressure) | |
| 悠久 悠久 | long (tradition, history etc) | |
| 亲身 親身 | personal; oneself | |
| 笼子 籠子 | cage; basket; container | |
| 谅解 諒解 | to understand; to make allowances for; understanding | |
| 着眼 著眼 | to have one's eyes on (a goal); having sth in mind; to concentrate | |
| 蚊子 蚊子 | mosquito | |
| 全力以赴 全力以赴 | to do at all costs; to make an all-out effort | |
| 无能为力 無能為力 | impotent (idiom); powerless; helpless | |
| 撤退 撤退 | to retreat | |
| 着想 著想 | to give thought (to others); to consider (other people's needs); also pr. [zháo xiǎng] | |
| 停电 停電 | to have a power failure; power cut | |
| 订单 訂單 | (purchase) order | |
| 饶 饒 | rich; abundant; exuberant; to add for free; to throw in as bonus; to spare; to forgive; despite; although | |
| 垮 垮 | to collapse (lit. or fig.) | |
| 耽误 耽誤 | to delay; to hold up; to waste time; to interfere with | |
| 上司 上司 | boss; superior | |
| 听话 聽話 | to do what one is told; obedient | |
| 火炬 火炬 | (flaming) torch | |
| 流浪 流浪 | to drift about; to wander; to roam; nomadic; homeless; unsettled (e.g. population); vagrant | |
| 勉强 勉強 | to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough | |
| 空白 空白 | blank space | |
| 奥运会 奧運會 | abbr. for 奥林匹克运动会; Olympic Games; the Olympics | |
| 可笑 可笑 | funny; ridiculous | |
| 滋味 滋味 | taste; flavor; feeling | |
| 指望 指望 | to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope | |
| 讲述 講述 | to talk about; to narrate; to give an account | |
| 优 優 | excellent; superior | |
| 好笑 好笑 | laughable; funny; ridiculous | |
| 保佑 保佑 | to bless and protect; blessing | |
| 宁愿 寧願 | would rather ... (than ...) | |
| 穿过 穿過 | to pass through | |
| 优雅 優雅 | grace; graceful | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 秩序 秩序 | order (orderly); order (sequence); social order; the state (of society) | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 蛮 蠻 | barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless | |
| 创 創 | a wound; cut; injury; trauma |